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Mincy, Missouri

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65679. It stands on Little Mincy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mincy quadrangle.

Mincy within Taney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Mincy between 1993 and 2013, burning about 313 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 August 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
3 July 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 July 1997Smoking1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 July 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 July 2013Equipment and vehicle use70 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taney County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mincy: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
King Solomons MinesZinc, LeadPast Producer
Bennett + Leeper MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Jose B MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Silver Moon MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taney County

Storms near this place

17 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mincy in 17 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 8 flash flood, 7 flood, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2020Flash FloodMincy$10,000A water rescue occurred at State Highway J at Trigger Creek where a vehicle was washed off the road. No injuries were reported.
September 2025Flash FloodMincy-State Highway J was closed due to flooding.
January 2024FloodMincy-State Highway J at Mincey Creek was closed due to high water.
March 2023FloodMincy-Heavy rainfall closed Route J from Route JJ to Mincy.
May 2022FloodMincy-Highway J at a low water area was closed due to flooding.
April 2021Flash FloodMincy-Route J was closed at Mincey Creek due to flooding.
December 2021Flash FloodMincy-Highway J was flooded and impassable near the beginning of Trigger Creek.
May 2020FloodMincy-The low water crossing on Highway J at Trigger Creek was closed due to flooding.
February 2018FloodMincy-Highway J was closed due to flooding.
May 2017Flash FloodMincy-Highway J was closed due to flooding.
April 2017FloodMincy-Route J was closed due to flood water.
April 2017Flash FloodMincy-Route J was impassable and closed due to flooding.
December 2013FloodMincy-MODOT reported that Route J was closed in both directions in the vicinity of Trigger Creek.
August 2013Flash FloodMincy-Route J was flooded and closed to traffic.
April 2011Flash FloodMincy-Route J was closed due to flooding.
April 2018HailMincy-no account filed
October 2009HailMincy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Taney County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Kirbyville5.0 miles14
Mildred5.1 miles14
Melva5.5 miles14
Cedarcreek6.0 miles11
Powersite6.3 miles14
Ozark Beach6.7 miles14
Hollister6.8 miles14
Edgewater Beach6.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 741072. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.